Bill Mahoney,
an active AMS Member, and
an active
Fellow of the AMS,
is the Deputy Director of the
Research Applications Laboratory
at the
National Center for Atmospheric Research
in Boulder, Colorado.
He serves the AMS Community as Future Commissioner (2014 to 2016) of the
AMS Commission on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise,
and plans to serve as Commissioner (2016 to 2018) and Past Commissioner (2018 to 2020).
He has been involved in research and development activities at NCAR for more
than 28 years and has directed weather research and development programs in
aviation, surface transportation, social sciences, agriculture, verification,
intelligent forecast systems, and renewable energy.
Mr Mahoney has an MS degree in atmospheric science (1983) from the
University of Wyoming,
specializing in windshear and cloud microphysics, and a BS degree in
aeronautics (1981) from
Miami University of Ohio.
He spent more than a decade researching microburst wind shear and
its impact on aviation operations and was involved in the development of the
Low Level Windshear Alert System
and the
Terminal Doppler Weather Radar.
More recently his focus has been on developing advanced surface transportation weather hazard detection capabilities and wind energy prediction technologies.
In addition to his program management duties, Mr Mahoney is involved
in program development and commercialization activities at NCAR.
Mr Mahoney has written or co-authored more than 40 papers and frequently
presents NCAR's work at national and international conferences and seminars.
He is a member of the Transportation Research Board, Intelligent Transportation
Society of America, American Wind Energy Association, and the Utility Wind
Integration Group, and is active on several atmospheric science and surface
transportation committees.
Mr Mahoney is a Past-Chair of the AMS Board on Enterprise Economic Development,
and was a member of the AMS Economic Development Committee.